Avantes BV

Robert Hukshorn is the new director of sales and marketing at !%Avantes BV%! of Apeldoorn, Netherlands. Hukshorn, who earned an MBA from Nyenrode University, will lead the company’s global sales and marketing teams in the Netherlands, the UK, the US and China. His international sales and marketing experience includes management positions at several high-tech companies, including Amcor and Henkel. Avantes makes fiber optic spectroscopy instruments for the medical, light measurement, semiconductor, solar energy and agriculture markets.